The Foreign Office is studying a request by Israel that activities by the Palestine Liberation Organization in Britain should be stopped and that there should be no more contacts between British diplomats and PLO representatives. British envoys in the Middle East and at the United Nations have held talks with senior PLO Officials. Following last Saturday’s outrage, and the strong British Condemnation of it, Britain is likely to comply with the Israeli request to end such contacts, at least for the time being.
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